Month: June 2026

French renewables developer Qair has reached financial close on its first UK project, the 46.51 MWp Brecks Solar Farm, while its 1 GW Ayre floating wind farm off Orkney has secured onshore consent and moved a step closer to construction around 2030. Ayre: 1 GW floating wind off Orkney Ayre is a 1 GW floating […]

Construction of the £9.1m EnergyWorks facility in Aberdeen and a new TechX accelerator cohort of 11 cleantech start‑ups highlight how the Net Zero Technology Centre is trying to turn the North East into a net‑zero innovation and manufacturing hub. EnergyWorks: a physical home for cleantech scale‑ups Construction has begun on the £9.1 million EnergyWorks facility […]

Scotland’s economy grew just 0.1% in Q1 2026 as services and construction offset a sharp fall in production, leaving ministers defending their growth strategy in a Holyrood debate on “Growing Scotland’s Economy”. Scotland’s onshore GDP rose by 0.1% in the first quarter of 2026, down from 0.2% in the final quarter of 2025 and well […]